Thurmont

Thurmont is a small town in , . It hosts the Catoctin Colorfest, an arts and crafts festival that draws in about 125,000 people each autumn.
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  • Type: Town with 6,340 residents
  • Description: town in Frederick County, Maryland, United States
  • Also known as: “Mechanics Town”, “Mechanicstown”, “Mechanicsville”, “Thurmont (Maryland)”, “Thurmont, Maryland”, “Thurmont, MD”, “Тҳурмонт”, “サーモント (メリーランド州)”, “メカニクス・タウン”, “メカニクスヴィル”, “メカニクスタウン”, “メカニックス・タウン”, “メカニックスヴィル”, and “メカニックスタウン”
  • Postal code: 21788
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights: Chimney Rock and Roddy Road Covered Bridge.

Peak
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is a peak.

Bridge
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The is a small, one lane…

Tourism office
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is a tourism office, which is situated 2 miles west of Thurmont.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Graceham and Creagerstown.

Hamlet
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is an unincorporated community and…

Hamlet
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is an unincorporated community in , United States. is situated 4 miles southeast of Thurmont.

Thurmont

Latitude
39.6236° or 39° 37′ 25″ north
Longitude
-77.4115° or 77° 24′ 42″ west
Population
6,340
Elevation
518 feet (158 metres)
UN/LOCODE
US URM
Open location code
87F4JHFQ+C9
Open­Street­Map ID
node 157639090
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
4371334
Wiki­data ID
Q755596
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Thurmont” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ثورمونت”
  • Basque: “Thurmont”
  • Catalan: “Thurmont”
  • Cebuano: “Thurmont”
  • Chechen: “Термонт (Мэриленд)”
  • Chechen: “Термонт”
  • Chinese: “瑟蒙特 (馬里蘭州)”
  • Chinese: “瑟蒙特”
  • Dutch: “Thurmont”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ثورمونت”
  • French: “Thurmont”
  • German: “Thurmont”
  • Gilaki: “ثرمانت (مريلند)”
  • Gilaki: “ثرمانت”
  • Hungarian: “Thurmont”
  • Indonesian: “Thurmont, Maryland”
  • Indonesian: “Thurmont”
  • Italian: “Thurmont”
  • Japanese: “サーモント”
  • Kazakh: “Swrmont”
  • Kazakh: “Сурмонт”
  • Kazakh: “سۋرمونت”
  • Kirghiz: “Сурмонт”
  • Ladin: “Thurmont”
  • Mazanderani: “تهورمانت (مریلند)”
  • Mazanderani: “تهورمانت”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Thurmont”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Thurmont”
  • Norwegian: “Thurmont”
  • Persian: “تهورمانت”
  • Persian: “تهورمونت، مریلند”
  • Polish: “Thurmont”
  • Portuguese: “Thurmont”
  • Russian: “Сармонт”
  • Russian: “Термонт”
  • Serbian: “Тармонт”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Thurmont, Maryland”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Thurmont”
  • Slovenian: “Thurmont”
  • South Azerbaijani: “تورمونت، مریلند”
  • Spanish: “Thurmont”
  • Tatar: “Термонт (Мэриленд)”
  • Tatar: “Термонт”
  • Turkish: “Thurmont, Maryland”
  • Turkish: “Thurmont”
  • Ukrainian: “Термонт”
  • Urdu: “تھرمونٹ، میری لینڈ”
  • Uzbek: “Thurmont”
  • Volapük: “Thurmont”
  • Welsh: “Thurmont, Maryland”
  • Welsh: “Thurmont”

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